R&J Flash Mobs Across North America

In a recent post, I requested that schools, theaters, or anyone else should stage a flash mob for the “balcony scene” from Romeo and Juliet, with a script created using Folger Digital Texts. Well, the deadline has passed, and we’ve had 28 fabulous submissions. They come from Punahou School in Hawaii; from the University of Northern Iowa; from Ottawa, Canada; from George, Kansas; and from Brooklyn, NY, among others.

To begin, here’s a mini-documentary from Laura Turchi at the University of Houston:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asIRwExmBfw&w=560&h=315]

So here are the honors:

LARGEST BALCONY SCENE (a new World Record) submitted by Jill Burdick-Zupancic at Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA. They’ve broken the previous record of 160, set in Boston at the NCTE annual conference in November 2013. The new record: 188 participants.